1992 Stanley Cup playoffs
Tournament details
DatesApril 18–June 1, 1992
Teams16
Defending championsPittsburgh Penguins
Final positions
ChampionsPittsburgh Penguins
Runner-upChicago Blackhawks
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Mario Lemieux (Penguins) (34 points)
MVPMario Lemieux (Penguins)
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The Stanley Cup

The 1992 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 18, after the conclusion of the 1991–92 NHL season. The Stanley Cup was won by the Pittsburgh Penguins, defeating the Chicago Blackhawks in the Finals, in four games.

The 1992 playoffs saw history being made, as for the first time ever, all four division winners were eliminated in the same round. In the division finals, the Norris Division champion Detroit Red Wings were swept by the Chicago Blackhawks in four straight games, and the Montreal Canadiens, who had won the Adams Division, suffered the same fate at the hands of the Boston Bruins. The Pittsburgh Penguins eliminated the Patrick Division titlists, the New York Rangers, in six games, while the Vancouver Canucks, the Smythe Division toppers, fell to the Edmonton Oilers, also in six games.

A record 54 games were played in the first round, with six of the eight series going the full seven games, and the other two going six games (the Oilers' win over the Kings and the Blackhawks' win over the Blues). Three of the eight series featured teams coming back from 3–1 series deficits (Detroit against Minnesota, Pittsburgh against Washington, and Vancouver against Winnipeg), the most in a single playoff year; this record was equaled in 2003. Conversely, five series ended in sweeps, the most in a single playoffs since the modern format of four rounds of best-of-7 series was introduced in 1987.[1]

This was the last year the Hartford Whalers and Minnesota North Stars qualified for the playoffs. The franchises would not reach the post-season again until 1999 and 1994 respectively. By the time each franchise reached the playoffs again, they were known as the Carolina Hurricanes and the Dallas Stars, respectively.

Video replay was used to decide a playoff game for the first time in game six of the Detroit–Minnesota division semifinal. Sergei Fedorov of the Red Wings appeared to hit the crossbar behind Minnesota goalie Jon Casey during the first overtime, but after the North Stars iced the puck immediately afterward, referee Rob Shick called for a video review, which determined that the puck had entered the goal just below the crossbar and caromed off the frame at the back of the net. Fedorov was awarded the goal, giving the Red Wings a series-tying victory.

Playoff seeds

The following teams qualified for the playoffs:

Prince of Wales Conference

Adams Division

  1. Montreal Canadiens, Adams Division champions – 93 points
  2. Boston Bruins – 84 points
  3. Buffalo Sabres – 74 points
  4. Hartford Whalers – 65 points

Patrick Division

  1. New York Rangers, Patrick Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 105 points
  2. Washington Capitals – 98 points
  3. Pittsburgh Penguins – 87 points (39 wins)
  4. New Jersey Devils – 87 points (38 wins)

Clarence Campbell Conference

Norris Division

  1. Detroit Red Wings, Norris Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions – 98 points
  2. Chicago Blackhawks – 87 points
  3. St. Louis Blues – 83 points
  4. Minnesota North Stars – 70 points

Smythe Division

  1. Vancouver Canucks, Smythe Division champions – 96 points
  2. Los Angeles Kings – 84 points
  3. Edmonton Oilers – 82 points
  4. Winnipeg Jets – 81 points

Playoff bracket

Division semifinals Division finals Conference finals Stanley Cup Finals
            
A1 Montreal 4
A4 Hartford 3
A1 Montreal 0
A2 Boston 4
A2 Boston 4
A3 Buffalo 3
A2 Boston 0
Prince of Wales Conference
P3 Pittsburgh 4
P1 NY Rangers 4
P4 New Jersey 3
P1 NY Rangers 2
P3 Pittsburgh 4
P2 Washington 3
P3 Pittsburgh 4
P3 Pittsburgh 4
N2 Chicago 0
N1 Detroit 4
N4 Minnesota 3
N1 Detroit 0
N2 Chicago 4
N2 Chicago 4
N3 St. Louis 2
N2 Chicago 4
Clarence Campbell Conference
S3 Edmonton 0
S1 Vancouver 4
S4 Winnipeg 3
S1 Vancouver 2
S3 Edmonton 4
S2 Los Angeles 2
S3 Edmonton 4

Division semifinals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A4) Hartford Whalers

This was the fifth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Montreal won all four prior playoff meetings, including their most recent meeting in the 1989 Adams Division Semifinals in a four-game sweep. This was the final time that the Hartford Whalers qualified for the playoffs; the next time that this franchise made the playoffs was in 1999 as the Carolina Hurricanes. Game six was the final playoff game played at the Hartford Civic Center.


April 19 Hartford Whalers 0–2 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoring First period 16:18 – pp – Gilbert Dionne (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 15:55 – Gilbert Dionne (2)
Frank Pietrangelo 28 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 32 saves / 32 shots
April 21 Hartford Whalers 2–5 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
John Cullen (1) – pp – 07:16 First period 02:46 – pp – Brent Gilchrist (1)
Randy Cunneyworth (1) – 15:07 Second period 10:54 – Brent Gilchrist (2)
12:31 – pp – Kirk Muller (1)
15:42 – Guy Carbonneau (1)
No scoring Third period 19:45 – pp – Eric Desjardins (1)
Frank Pietrangelo 23 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 15 saves / 17 shots
April 23 Montreal Canadiens 2–5 Hartford Whalers Hartford Civic Center Recap  
Patrice Brisebois (1) – pp – 17:52 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 04:29 – Zarley Zalapski (1)
10:19 – sh – Murray Craven (1)
19:09 – John Cullen (2)
Stephan Lebeau (1) – pp – 19:23 Third period 02:38 – Murray Craven (2)
16:06 – pp – Patrick Poulin (1)
Patrick Roy 28 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Frank Pietrangelo 32 saves / 34 shots
April 25 Montreal Canadiens 1–3 Hartford Whalers Hartford Civic Center Recap  
No scoring First period 12:18 – pp – Yvon Corriveau (1)
No scoring Second period 07:26 – pp – Randy Cunneyworth (2)
Kirk Muller (2) – 07:28 Third period 19:41 – Murray Craven (3)
Patrick Roy 33 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Frank Pietrangelo 24 saves / 25 shots
April 27 Hartford Whalers 4–7 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
Randy Cunneyworth (3) – sh – 04:03
Yvon Corriveau (2) – pp – 12:42 		First period 19:47 – Sylvain Turgeon (1)
Andrew Cassels (1) – pp – 08:33 Second period 15:01 – sh – Kirk Muller (3)
15:37 – Brian Skrudland (1)
17:41 – pp – Kirk Muller (4)
19:55 – Patrice Brisebois (2)
Patrick Poulin (2) – 03:00 Third period 01:24 – John LeClair (1)
12:19 – Shayne Corson (1)
Frank Pietrangelo 23 saves / 29 shots
Kay Whitmore 4 saves / 5 shots 		Goalie stats Patrick Roy 19 saves / 23 shots
April 29 Montreal Canadiens 1–2 OT Hartford Whalers Hartford Civic Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Denis Savard (1) – 04:39 Second period 01:48 – Zarley Zalapski (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 00:24 – Yvon Corriveau (3)
Patrick Roy 24 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Frank Pietrangelo 42 saves / 43 shots
May 1 Hartford Whalers 2–3 2OT Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoring First period 06:08 – pp – Mathieu Schneider (1)
11:07 – Gilbert Dionne (3)
Andrew Cassels (2) – 08:13
Geoff Sanderson (1) – 15:36 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring Second overtime period 05:26 – Russ Courtnall (1)
Frank Pietrangelo 53 saves / 56 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 39 saves / 41 shots
Montreal won series 4–3


(A2) Boston Bruins vs. (A3) Buffalo Sabres

This was the fifth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Boston won all four prior playoff meetings, including their most recent meeting in the 1989 Adams Division Semifinals in five games.


April 19 Buffalo Sabres 3–2 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Petr Svoboda (1) – sh – 14:46 First period No scoring
Pat LaFontaine (1) – pp – 02:28
Doug Bodger (1) – pp – 07:02 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 01:44 – Adam Oates (1)
05:10 – pp – Vladimir Ruzicka (1)
Tom Draper 36 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Andy Moog 27 saves / 30 shots
April 21 Buffalo Sabres 2–3 OT Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 07:00 – pp – Joe Juneau (1)
13:22 – Dave Reid (1)
Pat LaFontaine (2) – pp – 09:12 Second period No scoring
Wayne Presley (1) – 08:32 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 11:14 – Adam Oates (2)
Tom Draper 39 saves / 42 shots Goalie stats Andy Moog 19 saves / 21 shots
April 23 Boston Bruins 3–2 Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Recap  
Ted Donato (1) – 03:30
Ray Bourque (1) – pp – 11:13 		First period No scoring
Adam Oates (3) – pp – 19:21 Second period 03:05 – Randy Wood (1)
15:00 – pp – Pat LaFontaine (3)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Andy Moog 21 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Tom Draper 28 saves / 31 shots
April 25 Boston Bruins 5–4 OT Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Recap  
Glen Wesley (1) – 03:30
Adam Oates (4) – pp – 11:44
Gord Murphy (1) – 13:59 		First period 04:10 – Dale Hawerchuk (1)
06:22 – pp – Pat LaFontaine (4)
Joe Juneau (2) – 02:38 Second period 14:46 – Dave Andreychuk (1)
No scoring Third period 00:55 – Wayne Presley (2)
Ted Donato (2) – 02:08 First overtime period No scoring
Andy Moog 27 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Tom Draper 14 saves / 19 shots
April 27 Buffalo Sabres 2–0 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Pat LaFontaine (5) – 11:48 First period No scoring
Dave Hannan (1) – pp – 14:54 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Tom Draper 28 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Andy Moog 20 saves / 22 shots
Rejean Lemelin 10 saves / 10 shots
April 29 Boston Bruins 3–9 Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Recap  
No scoring First period 05:28 – Wayne Presley (3)
11:01 – pp – Doug Bodger (2)
Brent Hughes (1) – 08:05 Second period 03:39 – Pat LaFontaine (6)
05:32 – Brad May (1)
07:19 – Colin Patterson (1)
10:17 – pp – Pat LaFontaine (7)
Ray Bourque (2) – pp – 07:22
Brent Hughes (2) – 12:22 		Third period 18:00 – Randy Wood (2)
19:27 – pp – Dave Hannan (2)
19:48 – pp – Bob Corkum (1)
Rejean Lemelin 10 saves / 13 shots
Andy Moog 16 saves / 21 shots 		Goalie stats Tom Draper 18 saves / 21 shots
May 1 Buffalo Sabres 2–3 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 17:20 – Glen Murray (1)
Pat LaFontaine (8) – sh – 02:07 Second period No scoring
Dale Hawerchuk (2) – 04:38 Third period 02:55 – Stephen Leach (1)
11:40 – Dave Reid (2)
Tom Draper 19 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Andy Moog 27 saves / 29 shots
Boston won series 4–3


(P1) New York Rangers vs. (P4) New Jersey Devils

This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.


April 19 New Jersey Devils 1–2 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 02:06 – Darren Turcotte (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Zdeno Ciger (1) – 12:31 Third period 05:12 – Mike Gartner (1)
Chris Terreri 36 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats John Vanbiesbrouck 26 saves / 27 shots
April 21 New Jersey Devils 7–3 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
Kevin Todd (1) – 16:37 First period 09:04 – sh – Mark Messier (1)
Peter Stastny (1) – 01:22
Claude Lemieux (1) – 17:54
Laurie Boschman (1) – 18:50 		Second period 04:18 – Brian Leetch (1)
Bill Guerin (1) – 00:32
Claude Lemieux (2) – pp – 11:32
Randy McKay (1) – pp – 13:59 		Third period 10:59 – sh – Mark Messier (2)
Chris Terreri 26 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats John Vanbiesbrouck 22 saves / 29 shots
April 23 New York Rangers 1–3 New Jersey Devils Brendan Byrne Arena Recap  
Mark Messier (3) – pp – 13:18 First period 08:50 – Stephane Richer (1)
16:14 – pp – Scott Stevens (1)
No scoring Second period 01:25 – Claude Vilgrain (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Mike Richter 15 saves / 18 shots Goalie stats Chris Terreri 34 saves / 35 shots
April 25 New York Rangers 3–0 New Jersey Devils Brendan Byrne Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Jan Erixon (1) – 04:14
Paul Broten (1) – 08:39
Mike Gartner (2) – 18:51 		Third period No scoring
Mike Richter 33 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Chris Terreri 25 saves / 27 shots
April 27 New Jersey Devils 5–8 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 10:41 – Mike Gartner (3)
18:41 – pp – Mike Gartner (4)
Kevin Todd (2) – 12:03
Alexei Kasatonov (1) – 14:59 		Second period 02:57 – Joey Kocur (1)
07:14 – pp – Mike Gartner (5)
07:56 – pp – Doug Weight (1)
Scott Stevens (2) – pp – 02:46
Valeri Zelepukin (1) – 03:38
Bill Guerin (2) – 07:57 		Third period 07:30 – Kris King (1)
13:22 – Adam Graves (1)
15:49 – Adam Graves (2)
Martin Brodeur 12 saves / 15 shots
Chris Terreri 10 saves / 15 shots 		Goalie stats Mike Richter 43 saves / 48 shots
April 29 New York Rangers 3–5 New Jersey Devils Brendan Byrne Arena Recap  
Tony Amonte (1) – pp – 17:37 First period 03:57 – Peter Stastny (2)
Tie Domi (1) – 04:09
Brian Leetch (2) – pp – 15:03 		Second period 08:49 – Claude Lemieux (3)
11:10 – pp – Kevin Todd (3)
15:43 – Zdeno Ciger (2)
No scoring Third period 13:32 – Peter Stastny (3)
Mike Richter 21 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Chris Terreri 27 saves / 30 shots
May 1 New Jersey Devils 4–8 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
Tommy Albelin (1) – 03:58 First period 02:30 – sh – Darren Turcotte (2)
09:38 – pp – Mike Gartner (6)
12:33 – pp – Adam Graves (3)
Bill Guerin (3) – 18:49 Second period 01:40 – Mark Messier (4)
02:38 – Adam Graves (4)
13:34 – sh – Brian Leetch (3)
Claude Lemieux (4) – 07:55
Pat Conacher (1) – sh – 10:10 		Third period 14:36 – pp – Darren Turcotte (3)
18:11 – Mark Messier (5)
Chris Terreri 22 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats John Vanbiesbrouck 33 saves / 37 shots
New York won series 4–3


(P2) Washington Capitals vs. (P3) Pittsburgh Penguins

This was the second overall playoff meeting in as many years between these two teams. Pittsburgh won last year's Patrick Division Finals in five games.


April 19 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–3 Washington Capitals Capital Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Troy Loney (1) – 03:41 Second period 03:03 – Peter Bondra (1)
13:42 – John Druce (1)
No scoring Third period 17:52 – Peter Bondra (2)
Tom Barrasso 28 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Don Beaupre 32 saves / 33 shots
April 21 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–6 Washington Capitals Capital Centre Recap  
Larry Murphy (1) – pp – 05:16
Kevin Stevens (1) – pp – 07:08 		First period 10:04 – pp – Dmitri Khristich (1)
13:42 – Peter Bondra (3)
19:39 – pp – Michal Pivonka (1)
No scoring Second period 02:49 – Sylvain Cote (1)
09:47 – pp – Dino Ciccarelli (1)
No scoring Third period 06:13 – Kelly Miller (1)
Tom Barrasso 25 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Don Beaupre 33 saves / 35 shots
April 23 Washington Capitals 4–6 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena Recap  
Kevin Hatcher (1) – sh – 01:33
Dmitri Khristich (2) – pp – 17:47 		First period 06:27 – Phil Bourque (1)
No scoring Second period 01:46 – pp – Joe Mullen (1)
07:35 – pp – Jaromir Jagr (1)
17:18 – Mario Lemieux (1)
19:07 – pp – Mario Lemieux (2)
Al Iafrate (1) – pp – 13:57
Kevin Hatcher (2) – 17:48 		Third period 19:09 – Mario Lemieux (3)
Don Beaupre 23 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Tom Barrasso 30 saves / 34 shots
April 25 Washington Capitals 7–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena Recap  
Todd Krygier (1) – 04:39
Dino Ciccarelli (2) – 07:22
Dmitri Khristich (3) – pp – 19:29 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Dino Ciccarelli (3) – 01:35
Dino Ciccarelli (4) – 06:17
Peter Bondra (4) – 06:34
Dino Ciccarelli (5) – 19:16 		Third period 05:25 – Mario Lemieux (4)
12:45 – Bryan Trottier (1)
Don Beaupre 31 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Ken Wregget 12 saves / 16 shots
Tom Barrasso 16 saves / 19 shots
April 27 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 Washington Capitals Capital Centre Recap  
Bryan Trottier (2) – 02:43 First period 12:36 – Todd Krygier (2)
Bob Errey (1) – 10:16
Larry Murphy (2) – pp – 17:32 		Second period 07:53 – Al Iafrate (2)
Jaromir Jagr (2) – 06:59
Bob Errey (2) – 19:10 		Third period No scoring
Tom Barrasso 21 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Don Beaupre 20 saves / 24 shots
April 29 Washington Capitals 4–6 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena Recap  
Dale Hunter (1) – 12:30
Peter Bondra (5) – 15:19
Peter Bondra (6) – pp – 18:19 		First period 02:48 – Kevin Stevens (2)
05:05 – pp – Kevin Stevens (3)
Al Iafrate (3) – 03:55 Second period 09:10 – Joe Mullen (2)
11:01 – pp – Phil Bourque (2)
18:19 – pp – Mario Lemieux (5)
No scoring Third period Mario Lemieux (6) – pp – 14:41
Don Beaupre 33 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Tom Barrasso 25 saves / 29 shots
May 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 Washington Capitals Capital Centre Recap  
Mario Lemieux (7) – sh – 14:01 First period No scoring
Jaromir Jagr (3) – pp – 09:40 Second period 00:24 – Al Iafrate (4)
Joe Mullen (3) – 19:27 Third period No scoring
Tom Barrasso 18 saves / 19 shots Goalie stats Don Beaupre 18 saves / 20 shots
Pittsburgh won series 4–3


Clarence Campbell Conference

(N1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (N4) Minnesota North Stars

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

This was the final playoff series played by the Minnesota North Stars. The next time that the Stars franchise made the playoffs was in 1994 when they were known as the Dallas Stars. Game six was the final playoff game played at the Met Center.


April 18 Minnesota North Stars 4–3 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
David Shaw (1) – pp – 14:32 First period 12:50 – sh – Sergei Fedorov (1)
Bobby Smith (1) – pp – 12:30 Second period 18:02 – Sergei Fedorov (2)
19:45 – Steve Yzerman (1)
Jim Johnson (1) – 03:57
Brian Bellows (1) – 13:45 		Third period No scoring
Jon Casey 23 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Tim Cheveldae 25 saves / 29 shots
April 20 Minnesota North Stars 4–2 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Mike Modano (1) – pp – 03:49
Dave Gagner (1) – pp – 18:35 		First period 15:13 – Paul Ysebaert (1)
Derrick Smith (1) – 07:30 Second period No scoring
Gaetan Duchesne (1) – 19:52 Third period 00:41 – Alan Kerr (1)
Jon Casey 29 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Tim Cheveldae 16 saves / 19 shots
April 22 Detroit Red Wings 5–4 OT Minnesota North Stars Met Center Recap  
Sergei Fedorov (3) – sh – 15:06
Nicklas Lidstrom (1) – pp – 18:14 		First period 01:11 – Mike Modano (2)
09:14 – pp – Dave Gagner (2)
Jimmy Carson (1) – 11:58 Second period 05:39 – Neal Broten (1)
08:04 – Brian Bellows (2)
Ray Sheppard (1) – pp – 16:28 Third period No scoring
Yves Racine (1) – 01:15 First overtime period No scoring
Vincent Riendeau 7 saves / 7 shots
Tim Cheveldae 14 saves / 18 shots 		Goalie stats Jon Casey 35 saves / 40 shots
April 24 Detroit Red Wings 4–5 Minnesota North Stars Met Center Recap  
Ray Sheppard (2) – pp – 03:48
Ray Sheppard (3) – 10:25
Steve Chiasson (1) – pp – 16:38 		First period 07:05 – Mark Tinordi (1)
Ray Sheppard (4) – 15:08 Second period 11:51 – Mike Modano (3)
16:50 – David Shaw (2)
18:43 – pp – Brian Bellows (3)
No scoring Third period 11:27 – Todd Elik (1)
Vincent Riendeau 19 saves / 23 shots
Tim Cheveldae 5 saves / 6 shots 		Goalie stats Jon Casey 36 saves / 40 shots
April 26 Minnesota North Stars 0–3 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 13:33 – sh – Steve Yzerman (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 13:42 – Mike Sillinger (1)
18:51 – Jimmy Carson (2)
Jon Casey 21 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Tim Cheveldae 22 saves / 22 shots
April 28 Detroit Red Wings 1–0 OT Minnesota North Stars Met Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Sergei Fedorov (4) – 16:13 First overtime period No scoring
Tim Cheveldae 34 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Jon Casey 33 saves / 34 shots
April 30 Minnesota North Stars 2–5 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 11:04 – pp – Sergei Fedorov (5)
14:07 – Alan Kerr (2)
17:57 – Gerard Gallant (1)
Brian Bellows (4) – pp – 03:50
Mike Craig (1) – 19:09 		Third period 07:35 – Bob Probert (1)
16:53 – Shawn Burr (1)
Jon Casey 26 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Tim Cheveldae 29 saves / 31 shots
Detroit won series 4–3


(N2) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (N3) St. Louis Blues

This was the eighth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago won six of the previous seven series, including their most recent meeting in the 1990 Norris Division Finals in seven games.


April 18 St. Louis Blues 1–3 Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
Dave Christian (1) – 03:24 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 15:08 – Brian Noonan (1)
19:23 – Jocelyn Lemieux (1)
No scoring Third period 00:30 – pp – Brian Noonan (2)
Curtis Joseph 32 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 33 saves / 34 shots
April 20 St. Louis Blues 5–3 Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
Stephane Quintal (1) – pp – 02:06
Ron Sutter (1) – pp – 07:48 		First period 04:03 – pp – Chris Chelios (1)
05:29 – pp – Chris Chelios (2)
16:37 – Tony Horacek (1)
Brett Hull (1) – sh – 05:23
Jeff Brown (1) – 16:42 		Second period No scoring
Dave Christian (2) – 19:39 Third period No scoring
Curtis Joseph 31 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 7 saves / 11 shots
Dominik Hasek 7 saves / 7 shots
April 22 Chicago Blackhawks 4–5 2OT St. Louis Blues St. Louis Arena Recap  
Jeremy Roenick (1) – pp – 12:42
Mike Hudson (1) – 14:14
Igor Kravchuk (1) – pp – 19:38 		First period 01:41 – pp – Nelson Emerson (1)
09:17 – pp – Nelson Emerson (2)
Dirk Graham (1) – 00:42 Second period 19:20 – Dave Christian (3)
No scoring Third period 13:03 – Garth Butcher (1)
No scoring Second overtime period 03:33 – Brett Hull (2)
Dominik Hasek 34 saves / 38 shots
Ed Belfour 2 saves / 3 shots 		Goalie stats Curtis Joseph 43 saves / 47 shots
April 24 Chicago Blackhawks 5–3 St. Louis Blues St. Louis Arena Recap  
Jeremy Roenick (2) – pp – 11:29
Brent Sutter (1) – pp – 16:09 		First period 07:44 – pp – Brett Hull (3)
Stephane Matteau (1) – sh – 01:27 Second period 14:57 – pp – Curt Giles (1)
16:57 – pp – Brendan Shanahan (1)
Brian Noonan (3) – 05:04
Mike Hudson (2) – 15:15 		Third period No scoring
Ed Belfour 16 saves / 19 shots Goalie stats Curtis Joseph 32 saves / 37 shots
April 26 St. Louis Blues 4–6 Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
Philippe Bozon (1) – 01:57 First period 10:07 – Stephane Matteau (2)
17:12 – Steve Larmer (1)
Brett Hull (4) – 00:36
Brendan Shanahan (2) – 02:05 		Second period 10:54 – pp – Steve Larmer (2)
14:45 – Brad Lauer (1)
Jeff Brown (2) – 15:56 Third period 02:29 – Chris Chelios (3)
15:11 – Jocelyn Lemieux (2)
Curtis Joseph 34 saves / 40 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 20 saves / 24 shots
April 28 Chicago Blackhawks 2–1 St. Louis Blues St. Louis Arena Recap  
Jeremy Roenick (3) – pp – 08:22 First period No scoring
Jeremy Roenick (4) – 07:54 Second period 12:35 – Nelson Emerson (3)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ed Belfour 38 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Curtis Joseph 22 saves / 24 shots
Chicago won series 4–2


(S1) Vancouver Canucks vs. (S4) Winnipeg Jets

This was the first playoff series between these two teams.


April 18 Winnipeg Jets 3–2 Vancouver Canucks Pacific Coliseum Recap  
Fredrik Olausson (1) – pp – 12:15 First period 10:35 – Igor Larionov (1)
No scoring Second period 17:13 – Pavel Bure (1)
Evgeny Davydov (1) – pp – 00:18
Eddie Olczyk (1) – 03:15 		Third period No scoring
Rick Tabaracci 17 saves / 19 shots Goalie stats Kirk McLean 19 saves / 22 shots
April 20 Winnipeg Jets 2–3 Vancouver Canucks Pacific Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 08:54 – Tom Fergus (1)
Keith Tkachuk (1) – 01:39 Second period 10:52 – pp – Trevor Linden (1)
Aaron Broten (1) – 02:53 Third period 08:47 – Jyrki Lumme (1)
Rick Tabaracci 38 saves / 41 shots Goalie stats Kirk McLean 26 saves / 28 shots
April 22 Vancouver Canucks 2–4 Winnipeg Jets Winnipeg Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 07:39 – Randy Carlyle (1)
19:46 – pp – Pat Elynuik (1)
No scoring Second period 10:12 – Lucien DeBlois (1)
Robert Kron (1) – sh – 07:26
Jim Sandlak (1) – 12:39 		Third period 01:01 – pp – Thomas Steen (1)
Kirk McLean 33 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Rick Tabaracci 24 saves / 26 shots
April 24 Vancouver Canucks 1–3 Winnipeg Jets Winnipeg Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 08:52 – Evgeny Davydov (2)
No scoring Second period 06:28 – pp – Phil Housley (1)
Tom Fergus (2) – 08:47 Third period 00:37 – pp – Thomas Steen (2)
Kirk McLean 23 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Rick Tabaracci 30 saves / 31 shots
April 26 Winnipeg Jets 2–8 Vancouver Canucks Pacific Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 17:30 – Pavel Bure (2)
19:56 – pp – Jim Sandlak (2)
Eddie Olczyk (2) – 16:24
Aaron Broten (2) – 17:21 		Second period 00:35 – Dave Babych (1)
02:28 – pp – Jyrki Lumme (2)
07:20 – Petr Nedved (1)
08:59 – Doug Lidster (1)
No scoring Third period 01:49 – Jim Sandlak (3)
10:22 – Geoff Courtnall (1)
Bob Essensa 14 saves / 17 shots
Rick Tabaracci 21 saves / 26 shots 		Goalie stats Kirk McLean 24 saves / 26 shots
April 28 Vancouver Canucks 8–3 Winnipeg Jets Winnipeg Arena Recap  
Cliff Ronning (1) – 05:35
Pavel Bure (3) – 08:42 		First period 05:03 – Keith Tkachuk (2)
Cliff Ronning (2) – 00:34
Trevor Linden (2) – pp – 10:27
Tom Fergus (3) – 11:27 		Second period 19:31 – pp – Pat Elynuik (2)
Pavel Bure (4) – 02:50
Tom Fergus (4) – 10:23
Pavel Bure (5) – 11:02 		Third period 00:17 – Keith Tkachuk (3)
Kirk McLean 23 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Rick Tabaracci 28 saves / 36 shots
April 30 Winnipeg Jets 0–5 Vancouver Canucks Pacific Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 09:25 – Tom Fergus (5)
No scoring Second period 11:40 – Trevor Linden (3)
17:09 – pp – Geoff Courtnall (2)
No scoring Third period 01:25 – Geoff Courtnall (3)
19:20 – Geoff Courtnall (4)
Rick Tabaracci 28 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Kirk McLean 33 saves / 33 shots
Vancouver won series 4–3


(S2) Los Angeles Kings vs. (S3) Edmonton Oilers

This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams and were meeting for the fourth straight year. Edmonton won four of the previous six meetings, including last year's Smythe Division Finals in six games.


April 18 Edmonton Oilers 3–1 Los Angeles Kings Great Western Forum Recap  
Vincent Damphousse (1) – pp – 04:14
Brian Glynn (1) – 15:45 		First period No scoring
Brian Glynn (2) – pp – 09:44 Second period 18:15 – Rob Blake (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Bill Ranford 24 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Kelly Hrudey 24 saves / 27 shots
April 20 Edmonton Oilers 5–8 Los Angeles Kings Great Western Forum Recap  
Bernie Nicholls (1) – pp – 06:35
David Maley (1) – 06:59 		First period 00:46 – pp – Paul Coffey (1)
11:23 – Tony Granato (1)
14:53 – pp – Paul Coffey (2)
Bernie Nicholls (2) – pp – 08:04
Joe Murphy (1) – 09:26 		Second period 11:53 – Marty McSorley (1)
12:55 – Rob Blake (2)
19:13 – Charlie Huddy (1)
Josef Beranek (1) – pp – 12:54 Third period 04:41 – pp – Jari Kurri (1)
07:00 – Mike Donnelly (1)
Bill Ranford 23 saves / 29 shots
Ron Tugnutt 8 saves / 10 shots 		Goalie stats Kelly Hrudey 36 saves / 41 shots
April 22 Los Angeles Kings 3–4 Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
Dave Taylor (1) – 03:29
Jay Miller (1) – 12:46 		First period 14:53 – pp – Bernie Nicholls (3)
Luc Robitaille (1) – 13:37 Second period 03:51 – Vincent Damphousse (2)
No scoring Third period 01:23 – pp – Joe Murphy (2)
12:37 – pp – Bernie Nicholls (4)
Kelly Hrudey 36 saves / 40 shots Goalie stats Bill Ranford 23 saves / 26 shots
April 24 Los Angeles Kings 4–3 Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
Luc Robitaille (2) – pp – 19:00 First period 13:02 – pp – Scott Mellanby (1)
No scoring Second period 01:02 – Dave Manson (1)
Paul Coffey (3) – 11:12
Paul Coffey (4) – pp – 13:02
Luc Robitaille (3) – 13:53 		Third period 16:13 – Vincent Damphousse (3)
Kelly Hrudey 20 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Bill Ranford 28 saves / 32 shots
April 26 Edmonton Oilers 5–2 Los Angeles Kings Great Western Forum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Esa Tikkanen (1) – 00:47 Second period 04:02 – Wayne Gretzky (1)
18:23 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (2)
Vincent Damphousse (4) – 02:55
Esa Tikkanen (2) – pp – 13:37
Esa Tikkanen (3) – 18:45
Bernie Nicholls (5) – 19:48 		Third period No scoring
Bill Ranford 42 saves / 44 shots Goalie stats Kelly Hrudey 20 saves / 24 shots
April 28 Los Angeles Kings 0–3 Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 01:39 – Josef Beranek (2)
17:15 – Joe Murphy (3)
No scoring Second period 02:41 – Martin Gelinas (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Kelly Hrudey 21 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Bill Ranford 26 saves / 26 shots
Edmonton won series 4–2


Division finals

Prince of Wales Conference

(A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A2) Boston Bruins

This was the 27th playoff series meeting between these two teams. Montreal lead the all-time playoff meetings 21–5 against Boston. This was also the ninth consecutive year Boston and Montreal had met in the playoffs, an NHL record that still stands. Boston won last year's Adams Division Finals in seven games.


May 3 Boston Bruins 6–4 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
Gord Hynes (1) – 04:09
Stephen Leach (2) – 14:25 		First period 16:15 – Sean Hill (1)
Dave Poulin (1) – 06:10
Joe Juneau (3) – pp – 10:38
Stephen Leach (3) – 18:59 		Second period 05:36 – Eric Desjardins (2)
18:16 – Denis Savard (2)
Ray Bourque (3) – 18:46 Third period 05:40 – Mike McPhee (1)
Andy Moog 24 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 21 saves / 27 shots
Andre Racicot 1 save / 1 shots
May 5 Boston Bruins 3–2 OT Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoring First period 08:43 – Eric Desjardins (3)
Glen Murray (2) – pp – 19:02 Second period No scoring
Dave Poulin (2) – 14:05 Third period 04:53 – Shayne Corson (2)
Peter Douris (1) – 03:12 First overtime period No scoring
Andy Moog 20 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 21 saves / 24 shots
May 7 Montreal Canadiens 2–3 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Mike Keane (1) – 01:32 First period 09:10 – Glen Murray (3)
19:55 – pp – Vladimir Ruzicka (2)
No scoring Second period 01:35 – Jim Wiemer (1)
Denis Savard (3) – pp – 11:18 Third period No scoring
Patrick Roy 21 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Andy Moog 24 saves / 26 shots
May 9 Montreal Canadiens 0–2 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 12:08 – pp – Dave Poulin (3)
No scoring Third period 19:15 – Peter Douris (2)
Patrick Roy 29 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Andy Moog 26 saves / 26 shots
Boston won series 4–0


(P1) New York Rangers vs. (P3) Pittsburgh Penguins

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Pittsburgh won the only previous meeting in a four-game sweep in the 1989 Patrick Division Semifinals.


May 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
Troy Loney (2) – 13:56
Larry Murphy (3) – 15:22 		First period No scoring
Kevin Stevens (4) – pp – 02:00
Ron Francis (1) – 12:08 		Second period 03:02 – Kris King (2)
10:24 – pp – Tony Amonte (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Tom Barrasso 35 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats John Vanbiesbrouck 22 saves / 26 shots
May 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–4 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
Kevin Stevens (5) – 01:29 First period No scoring
Larry Murphy (4) – 16:13 Second period 13:53 – Brian Leetch (4)
No scoring Third period 12:36 – Jeff Beukeboom (1)
14:36 – Kris King (3)
19:57 – Jeff Beukeboom (2)
Tom Barrasso 35 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Mike Richter 24 saves / 26 shots
May 7 New York Rangers 6–5 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena Recap  
Adam Graves (5) – 03:45
Tim Kerr (1) – pp – 04:36
Sergei Nemchinov (1) – 17:14 		First period 11:00 – Kevin Stevens (6)
Mike Gartner (7) – 06:24 Second period 01:09 – Ron Francis (2)
13:06 – Ron Francis (3)
17:29 – pp – Larry Murphy (5)
Jan Erixon (2) – sh – 05:24 Third period 10:13 – Kevin Stevens (7)
Kris King (4) – 01:29 First overtime period No scoring
Mike Richter 45 saves / 50 shots Goalie stats Tom Barrasso 26 saves / 32 shots
May 9 New York Rangers 4–5 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena Recap  
Randy Gilhen (1) – 04:56
Tony Amonte (3) – 13:04 		First period 13:28 – Mike Needham (1)
Mark Messier (6) – pp – 10:49 Second period 19:54 – pp – Ron Francis (4)
Mark Messier (7) – 00:46 Third period 10:37 – Ron Francis (5)
11:52 – Troy Loney (3)
No scoring First overtime period 02:47 – pp – Ron Francis (6)
Mike Richter 21 saves / 25 shots
John Vanbiesbrouck 10 saves / 11 shots 		Goalie stats Tom Barrasso 26 saves / 30 shots
May 11 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
Rick Tocchet (1) – pp – 01:15
Jaromir Jagr (4) – 07:04 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 06:59 – pp – Darren Turcotte (4)
Jaromir Jagr (5) – 14:27 Third period 01:51 – Mike Gartner (8)
Tom Barrasso 32 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats John Vanbiesbrouck 21 saves / 24 shots
May 13 New York Rangers 1–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Doug Weight (2) – 07:42 Second period 05:57 – pp – Rick Tocchet (2)
11:22 – Jaromir Jagr (6)
13:43 – Shawn McEachern (1)
No scoring Third period 18:11 – Rick Tocchet (3)
19:19 – Ron Francis (7)
John Vanbiesbrouck 22 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Tom Barrasso 33 saves / 34 shots
Pittsburgh won series 4–2


Clarence Campbell Conference

(N1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (N2) Chicago Blackhawks

This was the 13th playoff series meeting between these two teams. Entering the series, Chicago led the all-time meetings 7–5. Their most recent meeting was won by Chicago in six games in the 1989 Norris Division Semifinals.


May 2 Chicago Blackhawks 2–1 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Stephane Matteau (3) – pp – 05:30 Second period 16:24 – pp – Yves Racine (2)
Jocelyn Lemieux (3) – 13:33 Third period No scoring
Ed Belfour 23 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Tim Cheveldae 27 saves / 29 shots
May 4 Chicago Blackhawks 3–1 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Jeremy Roenick (5) – 01:07
Greg Gilbert (1) – 14:13 		First period No scoring
Steve Larmer (3) – 09:22 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 04:08 – Steve Yzerman (3)
Ed Belfour 24 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Tim Cheveldae 25 saves / 28 shots
May 6 Detroit Red Wings 4–5 Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
No scoring First period 08:01 – Jeremy Roenick (6)
08:31 – Dirk Graham (2)
Mike Sillinger (2) – 08:14
Ray Sheppard (5) – pp – 14:29 		Second period 15:31 – Chris Chelios (4)
17:14 – pp – Steve Larmer (4)
Gerard Gallant (2) – 00:51
Ray Sheppard (6) – 02:09 		Third period 15:13 – Dirk Graham (3)
Tim Cheveldae 23 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 20 saves / 24 shots
May 8 Detroit Red Wings 0–1 Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 18:26 – Brent Sutter (2)
Tim Cheveldae 32 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 29 saves / 29 shots
Chicago won series 4–0


(S1) Vancouver Canucks vs. (S3) Edmonton Oilers

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won the only previous meeting in a three-game sweep in the 1986 Smythe Division Semifinals.


May 3 Edmonton Oilers 4–3 OT Vancouver Canucks Pacific Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 14:33 – Geoff Courtnall (5)
Norm MacIver (1) – 10:55
Bernie Nicholls (6) – 15:28 		Second period 05:59 – pp – Jim Sandlak (4)
Vincent Damphousse (5) – 14:55 Third period 12:45 – Pavel Bure (6)
Joe Murphy (4) – 08:36 First overtime period No scoring
Bill Ranford 40 saves / 43 shots Goalie stats Kirk McLean 28 saves / 32 shots
May 4 Edmonton Oilers 0–4 Vancouver Canucks Pacific Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 12:30 – pp – Geoff Courtnall (6)
14:00 – pp – Igor Larionov (2)
17:43 – pp – Cliff Ronning (3)
No scoring Second period 02:34 – Cliff Ronning (4)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ron Tugnutt 23 saves / 24 shots
Bill Ranford 12 saves / 15 shots 		Goalie stats Kirk McLean 14 saves / 14 shots
May 6 Vancouver Canucks 2–5 Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 15:33 – Chris Joseph (1)
No scoring Second period 04:27 – pp – Joe Murphy (5)
Cliff Ronning (5) – 03:37
Cliff Ronning (6) – 19:05 		Third period 04:35 – Joe Murphy (6)
18:35 – pp – Joe Murphy (7)
19:40 – Brian Glynn (3)
Kirk McLean 27 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Bill Ranford 20 saves / 22 shots
May 8 Vancouver Canucks 2–3 Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
Adrien Plavsic (1) – 15:58 First period 14:11 – Petr Klima (1)
19:53 – Esa Tikkanen (4)
Dave Babych (2) – pp – 08:51 Second period 19:04 – Scott Mellanby (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Kirk McLean 30 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Bill Ranford 30 saves / 32 shots
May 10 Edmonton Oilers 3–4 Vancouver Canucks Pacific Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 04:40 – Cliff Ronning (7)
13:34 – Trevor Linden (4)
Joe Murphy (8) – pp – 02:20
Dave Manson (2) – pp – 17:09
Mark Lamb (1) – 19:27 		Second period 00:49 – Igor Larionov (3)
01:23 – Cliff Ronning (8)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Bill Ranford 29 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Kirk McLean 22 saves / 25 shots
May 12 Vancouver Canucks 0–3 Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 08:58 – sh – Craig MacTavish (1)
16:29 – Vincent Damphousse (6)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 18:58 – Esa Tikkanen (5)
Kirk McLean 29 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Bill Ranford 26 saves / 26 shots
Edmonton won series 4–2


Conference finals

See also: NHL Conference Finals

Prince of Wales Conference final

(P3) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (A2) Boston Bruins

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Boston won two of the previous three meetings. This was a rematch of last year's Prince of Wales Conference Final, which Pittsburgh won in six games.


May 17 Boston Bruins 3–4 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena Recap  
Bob Sweeney (1) – sh – 05:40
Ted Donato (3) – 13:35 		First period 03:26 – Bryan Trottier (3)
14:22 – Jock Callander (1)
Glen Wesley (2) – 19:16 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 12:27 – Shawn McEachern (2)
No scoring First overtime period 09:44 – Jaromir Jagr (7)
Andy Moog 27 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Tom Barrasso 38 saves / 41 shots
May 19 Boston Bruins 2–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena Recap  
Glen Murray (4) – 00:59 First period 06:02 – Troy Loney (4)
17:07 – Jaromir Jagr (8)
No scoring Second period 11:35 – pp – Rick Tocchet (4)
Adam Oates (5) – pp – 09:43 Third period 12:47 – pp – Mario Lemieux (8)
19:59 – pp – Mario Lemieux (9)
Andy Moog 18 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Tom Barrasso 18 saves / 20 shots
May 21 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Kevin Stevens (8) – 09:08
Kevin Stevens (9) – pp – 12:42
Kevin Stevens (10) – 15:03 		First period No scoring
Bryan Trottier (4) – 08:26 Second period No scoring
Kevin Stevens (11) – 14:31 Third period 08:11 – Joe Juneau (4)
Tom Barrasso 30 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Andy Moog 23 saves / 28 shots
May 23 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Jaromir Jagr (9) – 04:51
Mario Lemieux (10) – sh – 13:09 		First period No scoring
Paul Stanton (1) – 05:27
Mario Lemieux (11) – 13:58 		Second period No scoring
Dave Michayluk (1) – 19:49 Third period 05:53 – Stephen Leach (4)
Tom Barrasso 29 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Andy Moog 20 saves / 25 shots
Pittsburgh won series 4–0


Clarence Campbell Conference final

(N2) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (S3) Edmonton Oilers

This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won all three previous meetings, the most recent of which they won in six games in the 1990 Clarence Campbell Conference Final.


May 16 Edmonton Oilers 2–8 Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
Dave Manson (3) – 04:05
Craig MacTavish (2) – 17:24 		First period 00:47 – Steve Larmer (5)
16:57 – Jeremy Roenick (7)
No scoring Second period 02:51 – Mike Peluso (1)
03:20 – Jeremy Roenick (8)
04:17 – pp – Steve Smith (1)
No scoring Third period 04:37 – Michel Goulet (1)
08:24 – Igor Kravchuk (2)
12:32 – Steve Larmer (6)
Bill Ranford 18 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 17 saves / 19 shots
May 18 Edmonton Oilers 2–4 Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
Anatoli Semenov (1) – 08:04
Bernie Nicholls (7) – 11:30 		First period 16:35 – pp – Steve Larmer (7)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 05:59 – Steve Larmer (8)
16:19 – Michel Goulet (2)
17:04 – Stephane Matteau (4)
Bill Ranford 41 saves / 45 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 12 saves / 14 shots
May 20 Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 OT Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 02:08 – Bernie Nicholls (8)
13:00 – Craig MacTavish (3)
Brian Noonan (4) – pp – 06:36
Rob Brown (1) – pp – 13:31
Chris Chelios (5) – 18:49 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 07:13 – Brian Glynn (4)
Jeremy Roenick (9) – 02:45 First overtime period No scoring
Ed Belfour 21 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Bill Ranford 25 saves / 29 shots
May 22 Chicago Blackhawks 5–1 Edmonton Oilers Northlands Coliseum Recap  
Rob Brown (2) – 09:35 First period No scoring
Jeremy Roenick (10) – pp – 04:59
Brian Noonan (5) – pp – 07:35
Mike Hudson (3) – 08:46
Brian Noonan (6) – 10:37 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 01:23 – Kelly Buchberger (1)
Ed Belfour 20 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Bill Ranford 26 saves / 31 shots
Chicago won series 4–0


Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1992 Stanley Cup Finals

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago won the only previous meeting in a four-game sweep in the 1972 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals.


May 26 Chicago Blackhawks 4–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena Recap  
Chris Chelios (6) – pp – 06:34
Michel Goulet (3) – 13:17
Dirk Graham (4) – 13:43 		First period 17:26 – pp – Phil Bourque (3)
Brent Sutter (3) – 11:36 Second period 15:24 – Rick Tocchet (5)
16:23 – Mario Lemieux (12)
No scoring Third period 15:05 – Jaromir Jagr (10)
19:47 – pp – Mario Lemieux (13)
Ed Belfour 34 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Tom Barrasso 30 saves / 34 shots
May 28 Chicago Blackhawks 1–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 09:52 – pp – Bob Errey (3)
Bryan Marchment (1) – 10:24 Second period 12:55 – pp – Mario Lemieux (14)
15:23 – Mario Lemieux (15)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ed Belfour 22 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Tom Barrasso 18 saves / 19 shots
May 30 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–0 Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
Kevin Stevens (12) – 15:26 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Tom Barrasso 27 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Ed Belfour 19 saves / 20 shots
June 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–5 Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
Jaromir Jagr (11) – 01:37
Kevin Stevens (13) – 06:33
Mario Lemieux (16) – pp – 10:13 		First period 06:21 – Dirk Graham (5)
06:51 – Dirk Graham (6)
16:18 – Dirk Graham (7)
Rick Tocchet (6) – 00:58 Second period 15:40 – Jeremy Roenick (11)
Larry Murphy (6) – 04:51
Ron Francis (8) – 07:59 		Third period 11:18 – Jeremy Roenick (12)
Tom Barrasso 24 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Dominik Hasek 21 saves / 25 shots
Ed Belfour 2 saves / 4 shots
Pittsburgh won series 4–0


Playoff statistics

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points.[2]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh Penguins 15 16 18 34 +6 2
Kevin Stevens Pittsburgh Penguins 21 13 15 28 +2 28
Ron Francis Pittsburgh Penguins 21 8 19 27 +8 6
Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh Penguins 21 11 13 24 +4 6
Joe Murphy Edmonton Oilers 16 8 16 24 +2 12
Jeremy Roenick Chicago Blackhawks 18 12 10 22 +11 12
Chris Chelios Chicago Blackhawks 18 6 15 21 +19 37
Bernie Nicholls Edmonton Oilers 16 8 11 19 +2 25
Rick Tocchet Pittsburgh Penguins 14 6 13 19 0 24
Adam Oates Boston Bruins 15 5 14 19 -6 4

Goaltenders

This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 420 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.[3]

Player Team GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
Ed Belfour Chicago Blackhawks 18 12 4 398 39 2.47 .902 1 948:47
Tim Cheveldae Detroit Red Wings 11 3 7 277 25 2.51 .910 2 597:18
Kirk McLean Vancouver Canucks 13 6 7 364 33 2.52 .909 2 784:35
Patrick Roy Montreal Canadiens 11 4 7 312 30 2.63 .904 1 685:31
Tom Draper Buffalo Sabres 7 3 4 201 19 2.63 .905 1 433:22

References

  1. ^ "THE PUCK REPORT: NHL Stanley Cup Playoff Sweeps". www.puckreport.com.
  2. ^ NHL.com - Skater Stats
  3. ^ NHL.com - Goalie Stats

See also

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